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afternoon. In winter he waters in the morning to avoid mildew. 

 Ordinary greenhonse plants will stand cold water, but it would be 

 often fatal to tropical plants or to other plants in a tender state. 

 He thought that grease injured only by filling the pores of the soil 

 and preventing the circulation of air. Soap is different ; the alkali 

 possesses fertilizing properties. The benefit from dead horses 

 arises not from the grease, but from the other animal matter. 



E. P. Richardson had found a hose perforated with holes an 

 eighth of an inch in diameter, and about three or four inches apart, 

 ver}' convenient for applj'ing water. It can be led any where, in a 

 straight or crooked line, and under plants which are injured by 

 watering on the leaves in bright sun. His ground is sloping, and 

 the water delivered from these small holes, will run down hill with- 

 out washing. Such a hose may be left for hours without attention. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, February 2, 1878. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock. 

 President Gra}^ in the chair. 



The following named persons, having been recommended by the 

 Executive Committee, were, on ballot, duly elected members of the 

 Society : 



John C. Phillips, Jr., of Boston. 

 Hamilton Stevenson, of Woburn. 



C. H. B. Breck, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, 

 stated that his annual report for 1877 was not ready, and on motion 

 of Herve}^ Davis it was voted that it be published without being 

 submitted to the Societ}'. 



The President read a communication from Hon. William G. Le 

 Due, United States Commissioner of Agriculture, requesting models 

 of fruits, etc., for the Paris Exposition. On motion of John C. 

 Hovey the communication was referred to the Fruit Committee. 



The President read a communication from Jonathan Periam, 

 Secretary of the National Agricultural Congress, requesting the 



